CVE-2020-27792

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 38.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-08-19 22:46Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-20 14:54Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2020-10-27

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9327e8a269ef7440467de59c0f4d98e9beefa511be75d4820cbf94b228941326

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:4362https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2247179https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844x_refsource_MISC
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220903 [SECURITY] [DLA 3096-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST